Player Dossier

2013-2016

Kansas State

Jordan Willis

DE • 6'5" • Kansas City, MO, USA

High-volume tacklerDown-to-down presence

Jordan Willis shows a high-volume tackler profile with 42.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

92%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

93

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

74

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Kansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Kansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas

Player Story

Jordan Willis built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive end from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 75, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Jordan Willis' career was his defensive...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2017
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 9
Overall
No. 73
NFL Team
Cincinnati Bengals

Jordan Willis, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Kansas State. Jordan Willis shows a high-volume tackler profile with 42.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
52
TFL
17.5
Sacks
11.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Jordan Willis quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas State · DE
Career Tackles
52
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 13 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Kansas State
Top game
Texas
NFL Draft
2017 · Round 3 · Pick 9 · Cincinnati Bengals
Latest roster
No. 75 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
52 tackles · DE 26th (top 8%) · Big 12 58th (top 14%) · National 662nd (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonKansas State00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonKansas State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonKansas State00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonKansas State134101-076
2016 Regular SeasonKansas State134816.511.533076

Related Context

Jordan Willis played DE for Kansas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jordan Willis recorded 52 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Kansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Kansas State paired 36 primary output with 42.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 42.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2016 Postseason · Kansas State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.8

Efficiency

42.8

Usage

19.2

Consistency

61.1

Best Game by takeover score

Texas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 2. Stanford: 2. Florida Atlantic: 2. Missouri State: 1.5. West Virginia: 6. Texas Tech: 4. Oklahoma: 1. Texas: 6. Iowa State: 0. Oklahoma State: 3. Baylor: 3. Kansas: 3. TCU: 2.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 4 by 36.7. Stanford: 5 by 40.8. Florida Atlantic: 4 by 36.7. Missouri State: 2 by 23.3. West Virginia: 5 by 70.8. Texas Tech: 4 by 56.7. Oklahoma: 9 by 47.5. Texas: 7 by 79.2. Iowa State: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma State: 2 by 38.3. Baylor: 2 by 38.3. Kansas: 4 by 46.7. TCU: 3 by 37.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.7 · Games = 9 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs Texas

Result
Thu 12/29vs Texas A&MSplash gameW 33-2842100
Sat 12/3@ TCUSplash gameW 30-6321.5010
Sat 11/26vs KansasSplash gameW 34-19431.501.500
Sat 11/19@ BaylorSplash gameW 42-2120002
Sat 11/5vs Oklahoma StateSplash gameL 37-4322210
Sat 10/29@ Iowa StateW 31-2610000
Sat 10/22vs Texas2+ sacks · Splash gameW 24-2175321
Sat 10/15@ OklahomaL 17-3894100
Sat 10/8vs Texas Tech2+ sacks · Splash gameW 44-3844220
Sat 10/1@ West Virginia2+ sacks · Splash gameL 16-1755220
Sat 9/24vs Missouri StateW 35-0211.5000
Sat 9/17vs Florida AtlanticSplash gameW 63-743110
Sat 9/3@ StanfordSplash gameL 13-2653110

Player Story

Jordan Willis story

Jordan Willis built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive end from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 75, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Jordan Willis' career was his defensive production: 52 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Kansas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jordan Willis' production has multiple signals. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas State.

The arc is straightforward: Jordan Willis moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Kansas State

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonKansas State0
2014 Regular SeasonKansas State00
2015 Regular SeasonKansas State00
2016 PostseasonKansas State3642.819.236
2016 Regular SeasonKansas State3642.819.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Texas

Week 8 · W 24-21 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6

Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

@ West Virginia

Week 5 · L 16-17 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Texas Tech

Week 6 · W 44-38 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

74.5 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 74.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Kansas

Week 13 · W 34-19 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

65.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Oklahoma State

Week 10 · L 37-43 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

62.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Kansas State

36 primary output · 42.8 efficiency · 19.2 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · Kansas State

76

36 primary · 42.8 efficiency · 19.2 usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Kansas State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

10

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games